Woven-wire-fence fabric



No. 623,765. Patented Apr. 25, I899.

. \L, 8. BURTON.

WOVEN WIRE FENCE FABRIC.

(Application filed June 30; 1898.)

(No Model.)

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JACOB SEYMOUR BURTON, OF MELVERN, KANSAS.

WOVEN-WlRE-FENCE FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,765, dated April 25, 1899.

Application filed June 30, 1898. Serial No. 634,839. (No model.)

To (LIZZ whom, it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB SEYMOUR BUR- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Helvern, in the county of Osage and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful WVovenJVireFence Fabric, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to woven-wire-fence fabrics; and it has for its object to provide a new and useful form of fabric so woven as to obviate slipping of the wires, whereby the fabric will maintain its rigidity and shape at all times.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction of wire-fence fabric having the wires thereof woven together in such a manner as to greatly economize in the amount of wire required to build the fence, while at the same time preventing the wires from doubling up during the process of weavlug.

WVith these and other objects in view,which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is an elevation or plan View of a section of wovenwire-fence fabric constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing the fence partially completed to illustrate the relation of the different wires forming the fabric. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation or plan view showing the intermediate fil1ing-wires in dotted lines to illustrate the form or shape of the selvage weftwires, which are twisted on the straight selvage line-wires. ing a modification in which the continuous cabling or twisting 4t is dispensed with and the terminals of each mesh-loop 3 are twisted a few times around the selvage-wire.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numerals 1 1 designate oppositely-located parallel straight selvage-wires running longitudinally of the fence fabric and made of smooth or barbed wire, as preferred. I

During the process of weaving the fence fabric the straight selvage-wires 1 are strung out to form supporting-wires, upon which the body of the fabric is worked, and in order Fig. 4 is a detail view showthat the precise construction of the fabric may be fully understood reference is first made to the selvage weft-wires 2, which are arranged along the selvage line-wires 1, as plainly illustrated in diagrammatic Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The said selvage weftwires 2, during the process of weaving the fence, are bent to form a continuous series of substantially rectangular disconnected meshloops 3, which are spaced at regular intervals apart and are of a uniform size in order to give a symmetrical appearance to the fence fabric, and the portions of the selvage weftwires 2 between the spaced mesh-loops 3 are twisted or wrapped around the selvage-wires, as at 4, to provide a firm connection between the said weft-wires 2 and the selvage linewires 1.

During the weaving of the fence fabric between the selvage line-wires 1 intermediate filling-wires 4 are carried along with the selvage weft-wires 2, and these intermediate filling-wires 4111 the operation of weaving are formed with continuous substantially rightangular bends, whose horizontal portions 5 bridge the spaces between and connect the spaced m esh-loops 3 of the selvage weft-wires at the corners of the latter, as plainly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The said horizontal portions 5 of the intermediate filling wires 4 also bridge the space between the disconnected corners of each other, as also illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and at the points where the said selvage weft and filling wires intersect said wires are closely cabled or twisted together by a plurality of twists to provide for firmly interlocking the meshes of the fabric without the use of continuous straight longitudinal strand or line wires, such as are commonly employed in the construction of woven-wire-fence fabric.

While the shape and relation of the selvage weft and filling wires have been described separately, it will be understood that these wires are bent into shape and twisted together as the weaving progresses between the selvage line-wires 1.

It is not essential that the disconnected rectangular mesh-loops 3 be formed from a continuous wire having the continuous cabling or twisting 1 around the selvage-wires, as this construction may be modified, as shown in detail Fig. & oi the drawings. In this figure of the drawings is illustrated a construction in which the continuous cabling or twisting i is dispensed with and the terminals of each mesh-loop are twisted only a few times around the selvage-wire, as at r. In other respects the construction of the fabric is pre cisely the same as already described, and I will have it understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

A woven-wire-fenee fabric, comprising opposite parallel straight selvage line -\vires, selvage weftwires twisted onto the line-wires, and bent at one side of the latter to form a continuous series of substantially rectangular mesh-loops, and intermediate fillingwires having continuous substantially right-angular bends, whose horizontal portions connect the mesh-loops of the selvage weft-wires, and also bridge the space between and connect the disconnected corners of each other, said selvage weft and filling wires being closely ca- JACOB SEYMOUR BURTON.

Witnesses:

I F. LIGON, \V. II. BURTON. 

